Inkstand.



F. M. ASHLEY.

INKSTAND.

APPLICATION FILED NOV-22. 1912.

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INKSTAND.

To all whom itmay concern:

Be it known that'I, FRANK M.-AsHLEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Inkstands, of which the following 1s a specificatlon.

This invention relates to inkstands, more particularly to the two part type of stand having a rotary cover.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide a stand of the character above described which is simple in construction and easy to manufacture.

A further object is to provide a stand in which the cover is substantially flush with the top of the base. 1

Another object is to provide a stand with a dip opening which may be quickly closed by simple movement of the cover, the latter being always held in position closely adjacent to the dip opening.

Various other features of novelty and the advantages accruing therefrom will appear from the detailed description and will be particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of the inkstand with the cover rotated to position to expose the dip opening. Fig. 2 is a section along line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a plan view of a modified form of construction. Fig. 4: is a section taken along line 44 of Fig. 3 as it would appear with the dip 3 closed by the.

extension 7 of the cover.

Referring to the embodiment of my invention illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, the base 1 consists preferably of a low slab of glass having a main reservoir 2. formed therein and a dip chamber 3 extending beyond the reservoir. Adjacent to the reservoir and dip opening, the base is reduced to form a substantially annular recess 4.- and an are.

shaped extension thereof 5 located adjacent to the dip chamber. The cover consists of a substantially fiat, circular member 6 having an arcuate projection 7 extending therefrom. The circular portion 6 is adapted to seat in the annular recess 4, while the arcuate portion 7 is adapted to work in the arc shaped recess 5 adjacent to the dip cham-v ber. The recess 5 is of suflicient length to allow the arcuate projection 7 to be swung therein so as to uncover the dip opening Specification of Letters Batent'.

Patented Oct. 24, 1916.

Application filed; Llovember 22,1912. Serial No. 732,933.

and the dipchamber 3 formed therein, and

is provided also with an arc shaped rib 4* adjacent to the mouth of the well. The cover consists of a circular portion 6 and an arcuate extension 7 which extends outwardlytherefrom in position to cover and uncover the dip chamber 3. Shoulders S and 9, forming the ends of the are shaped rib 1, limit the rotary movement of the lgover in opening and closing the dip chamer. the edge of the extension 7 when the dip is closed thereby.

It will be seen that I haveprovided an inkstand which is very simple in construction and is easy to manufacture. The cover is entirely flat and offers no thin projections or ridges which may become broken. The movement of the cover is also limited so as to be always in position wherein it may be readily and quickly closed. By the The line 10 indicates the position of disposition of the'cover in the recess, the. 7

cover is substantially flush with the top of the base and will not easily be knocked off therefrom.

claim as new:

1. A two part stand consisting of a base having a reservoir therein, a substantially circular socket formed immediately about the top edge of the reservoir, an enlargement of the socket extending therefrom, an ink dip communicating with the reservoir. and disposed within the bounds of the enlargement of the socket, a rotary solid cover having a substantially circular portion seating in said socket and engaging the circumferential wall thereof, and a projection extending beyond the socket for covering the ink dip, said projection being limited in its rotary movement by the walls of said enlargement.

2. An inkstand comprisinga base having a reservoir and an ink dip extending exteriorly thereof, there being a countersunk substantially annular recess in the base adjacent to the reservoir, said recess having an are shaped extension within the bounds there being a break therein of substantial length, a rotary cover for the reservoir 10- cated within the socket, the outer edge thereof being substantially flush with the upper surface of the wall of the socket, an ink dip communicating with the reservoir andlocated without the socket adjacent the Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

break in the wall thereof, and a projection 15 extending from said coverand throughsaid break and adapted to cover and uncover said ink dip when the cover is rotated, the break being longer than the Width of the projection and limiting the rotation of said 20- cover.

Washington, I). 0. 

